Bethel University History of American Slavery 1619 to 1865 Essay

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What were the most significant milestones in the history of American Slavery 1619-1865? (Explain)

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Running head: AMERICAN SLAVERY

American Slavery
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AMERICAN SLAVERY

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American Slavery

The starting point for slavery in America was in 1619 when a White Lion privateer
brought in 20 African slaves in Virginia after seizing them from a Portuguese slave ship. African
slaves were kidnapped from their home country and coerced into slavery in America (Boles,
2014). Slavery became a legal institution of enslavement in 1776 up to 1865 when the thirteenth
amendment was implemented. Before the amendment, African slaves would be treated as
personal properties to slave owners and were forbidden to quit slavery. The owner had the right
to sell, purchase or buy slaves. In 1865, enslavement was replaced by convict leasing and
sharecropping.
Chesapeake Region: Servitude to Slavery (1619-1690)
The Chesapeake Bay area was the region where Black people were brought in from
Africa to their colonial land. This region serves as a significant setting because its bay and rivers
were essential pathways, and it marked the beginning of the slave trade. The first trade began
when Dutch trading vessels which carried 20 African men arrived at Jamestown, Virginia. They
had seized the Africans from a Portuguese slave ship (Boles, 2014). In the 1640s, lifetime
enslavement practices and hereditary servitude of children had been recognized in Vi...


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